GrantedChange of useDecided 9 June 2022

2, Grafton Street, Dublin 2 with frontage to Nassau Street

Change of use from retail to a specialty retail shop and cafe at a protected structure on Grafton Street.

4141/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 21 December 2021

Reference: 4141/21
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 21 December 2021

Summary

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The proposal seeks a change of use of the ground floor of a protected structure to a retail shop selling delph, giftware, and brewing equipment, with ancillary hot and cold beverage sales. Works include internal reconfigurations, blocking up existing openings, and shopfront alterations.

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Official record

Development description

Protected structure (rps no. 3241): the proposed development will consist of the change of use of the ground floor from retail (approved under reg. Ref. 4505/17) to retail (of delph, giftware, brewing equipment and related products including drinkware, french presses, grinders, beans and associated products) including the sale of hot and cold beverages in an ancillary area for consumption off the premises. The following works are proposed: (i) internal works including the removal of (a) existing opening between no. 2 grafton street and no. 50 nassau street at ground floor and basement levels; (b) existing access door between ground floor unit and stairwell to upper floors; (ii) internal configuring of unit including fit out of unit to facilitate development with provision of serving area and display walls at ground floor level and stock room with staff wc at basement level; (iii) alterations to ground floor level facade including painting of shopfront to pastel sand finish and provision of signage along grafton street and nassau street facades comprising mounted lettering pin to fascia with unit address to be hand painted below; and (iv) all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. This building is located within an architectural conservation area.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z5: City CentreUC

“To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.”

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built & sold

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 15 September 2022. A completion certificate was lodged on 19 December 2022.

Notified floor area: 46 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt B, 116 Grafton Street, Dublin 2	May 2026	€660,000	100 m
Apt 1, 3 4 Cope St, Dublin 2	Oct 2025	€2,250,000	317 m
Apartment 1, 17 Fade Street, Dublin 2	Feb 2026	€1,275,000	323 m
3 Fownes St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2	May 2026	€1,600,000	327 m
Apartment 5, 50-52 Dame Street, Dublin 2	Nov 2025	€395,000	338 m
Top Floor Apt., 5a Fownes Street Upper, Temple Bar	Oct 2025	€250,000	340 m
Apt 24 Sprangers Yard, Crowe St, Dublin	Sept 2025	€340,000	348 m
Apt 6 Temple Bar Sq, Dublin 2, Dublin	Dec 2025	€330,000	359 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received21 December 2021
Further information requested23 February 2022
Further information received13 May 2022
Decision due9 June 2022
Decision issued9 June 2022
Grant issued25 July 2022

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